Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics – High jump

The 1900 Summer Olympics was the only Olympic Games to date to feature an equestrian high jump competition. Nineteen competitors entered the high jump competition, though only six are known by name. Of the remaining thirteen, six were French, three Belgian, three Italian and one Russian.[1]

Equestrian high jump at the Games of the II Olympiad
Dominique Gardères during equestrian high jump competition
Date	29 May
Competitors	19 from 5 nations
Medalists
Dominique Gardères  France Gian Giorgio Trissino  Italy Georges Van Der Poele  Belgium

Equestrian at the 1900 Summer Olympics
	Jumping
	High jump
	Long jump
	Hacks and hunter combined
	Mail coach

Rain earlier on the day of the competition made the ground heavy and slippery, and the competition was close. Two competitors were awarded the joint gold medal when they both cleared 1.85 metres (6 ft 1 in). Competitors were allowed to enter more than once: one of the joint gold medalists, Gian Giorgio Trissino, also came fourth on a different horse; he also won the silver medal in the Equestrian long jump competition. The bronze medalist, Georges Van Der Poele, also won the silver in the Equestrian jumping competition.

Place	Rider	Horse	Height
1	Dominique Gardères (FRA)	Canéla	1.85m
	Gian Giorgio Trissino (ITA)	Oreste	1.85m
3	Georges Van Der Poele (BEL)	Ludlow	1.70m
4	Gian Giorgio Trissino (ITA)	Mélepo	1.70m
5	Hermann Mandl (AUT)	Unknown	Unknown
6	Marcel Haëntjens (FRA)	Unknown	Unknown
7–19	13 more competitors